UK Independence Party leader Henry Bolton has done something pretty rare for politicians lately and put his proverbial money where his mouth was. When a private chat was leaked that exposed his new girlfriend as a racist, he broke up with her. That girlfriend just so happened to be media personality, Jo Marney. The conversation was about Meghan Markle and some of these comments are beyond atrocious.

Jo defended her statements as being taken out of context. She even put up a tweet thanking people for being understanding and saying we all make mistakes. Bolton has broken up with her, but also says he is going to stand by her and her family.

“At the moment it is obviously quite incompatible to continue the relationship. But, I’m going to be continuing to support her family because Jo is absolutely distraught by this.”

Twitter's reaction was swift and savage.

Decision made. @_HenryBolton chose racist UKIP over racist glamour model @Jo_Marney They were only going out for 3 weeks, so I imagine she’ll get over it. If this was a soap she’ll be pregnant with twins now. But it’s not so she’ll just have kick-started her career.

When racists say their racist remarks were 'taken out of context' what they mean is: "I am a racist & those remarks were meant for other racists. You are not a racist, so you don't get the context of being a racist. You don't understand us racists" #jomarney#UKIP

Racism is not a ‘mistake’ - it’s inherent stupidity based on fear , jealousy, a feeling of inferiority. As a person of colour, I find your comments disgusting. Meghan M is stunning, educated, kind, and that must hurt. #education

“Dumb little actress” 😂 no your right, your not racist you just seem a tad jealous. Watched by millions in Suits, you’ve got Actor in your bio and people only know you because of you being xenophobic...tell me more about how your career is going 😭

Of course, there are other issues and questions this situation brings up. Like the fact that some people think this is all fine...?

There should be outrage over the publication of these *private* texts. In a free society nobody should lose their privacy on becoming the partner of a public figure. #jomarneypic.twitter.com/P7lL4898tK